This astute political thriller from 2011, nominated for a Best Picture Golden Globe, also earned costar George Clooney, and fellow writers Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, an Oscar nomination for their sharp, literate screenplay. Ryan Gosling, in a Golden Globeľnominated performance, stars as Stephen Meyers, an idealistic press secretary for longshot presidential candidate Mike Morris (Clooney), whose groundbreaking ideas threaten to upset the political status quo. But after a brutal Ohio primary tests Morris's integrity, Meyers finds himself in the middle of a scandal, where the only path to survival is to play both sides. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti are terrific as opposing campaign managers who seek to manipulate Meyers for political gain.